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[ALL SHIPPED!!!] GB: 9$ O-like's "G2" Lenses CLOSED!!!

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Re: GB: 9$ "J2" Lenses CLOSED!!!

12mm is not standard in the general public. 12mm is for 532, but now those will slowly go away for 520, 530, etc. Member put 12mm holes in heat sinks since the Axiz was standard, etc. And 9mm was not popular here until recently with 445 pulls. My market is mostly companies who buy a $0, or in some cases $80 for a G style lens. I'm happy to help them at $20 or so for the lens. And it's not like I gat them for less than $6 and sell them for over $20; I wish.
Anyway my main customers need to know they can buy the lens 3 years from now and it's the same they specified in their production. Can O-like support you like that? You'll be lucky if you get a year or so out of this. If more great. Im a good businessman being in this business for 17 years. That may be when some here were in diapers and a 670nm at 5mW pointer cost $60. I don't design modules around the demand of LPF. I'm not working out of my kitchen. A 200, or even 100 GB for a 12 mm module doesn't justify it for me. The 10.5mm is a popular , LARGE module for me. I thought this was a bare lens. Machining for a barrel is low cost. I added my comment again, in the original post whe the shipping was $2.75 for the $9 lens was approaching the cost of $12, and $6 discuss as a goal to be 1/2 the cost of the J2- but did not include a barrel. Should I look at G2's with an M9 baeel at $12 free shipping? I could WORK TOWARDS that. Someone start a feeler and communicate with me on that. Have a great barrel designed for my lens? Send the solid work model to me. Great! We'll see if we can 1K + pcs done. Sorry, got to get back to the 4mm red and green design for a module in high production. Just writing so you understand where I'm coming from. Here to help when I can and feel good actually that you found this lens. I mean lens with barrel. It does not affect my business, so we can all feel good.

532 modules are also 12mm. It makes sense 12mm is the standard no matter who started it.

I would think a good businessman would have made his modules 12mm to fit the need of of the general public. That was your fault.

The reason why no one contacted you about the $6 price is because with added shipping and having to buy the barrel it costs more then the olike lenses.

If these olike lenses really do preform like what is said I wouldnt be buying large stock in your G2s anymore. The minimal gains of your lenses over olikes doesn't justify the price differential. When this fact hits the open market you may have a huge loss on your hands. I suggest contacting your manufacturer and make them aware of this.
 
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Re: GB: 9$ O-like's "G2" Lenses CLOSED!!!

Pricing all comes down to supply and demand. Business is business and you can't stay in business if you have no profits.
I appreciate choices. Thanks to all who offer different lenses at whatever $ they are offered at. My choice to buy or not.
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Re: GB: 9$ O-like's "G2" Lenses CLOSED!!!

anyone selling these? I need a G2 lens super bad my lens in the laser I recently got is defective. Thanks
 

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The group buy is over, but if someone could part with one, maybe you can get lucky.
 

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anyone selling these? I need a G2 lens super bad my lens in the laser I recently got is defective. Thanks

Well, I am planning on selling some of mine after I receive them, PM me if you're interested! :beer:

Jim
 
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Re: GB: 9$ "J2" Lenses CLOSED!!!

My comment was not an attempt to derail this GB.

Laser66, why did you even bother posting about whatever price you could get G2s in the first place if you weren't going to actually follow through with anything useful for this GB? It just seems like some lame attempt to position yourself as being relevant.

Yeah, great, you don't need LPF's business. You have other clients who buy your lenses in huge quantities. Well good for you. Meanwhile, other companies have taken efforts to attract business from this forum, and in the process have done quite well for themselves; businesses like O-like directly got their starts from LPF. We've also seen many new products spring up specifically because forums such as LPF exist as a viable market. Some have even had their products become the "standard" (e.g. "Aixiz" modules). Your G-series lenses have been quite popular, but without backing perhaps they will fall by the wayside in lieu of other lenses like the ones sold in this GB.

In the end, LPF doesn't need a dedicated supplier of products like lenses because we fill in the gaps when they appear. In fact, such market stagnation often hurts LPF. Look at how many drivers have appeared since Dr. Lava stopped selling his drivers? Look at all the power meters that have sprung up as alternatives to professional meters or even Laserbees? We're even finding alternatives to G-series lenses so that we don't have to pay out the nose for such overpriced lenses. Competition is great. We'd be remiss to give exclusive business to a single entity.
 
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Re: GB: 9$ O-like's "G2" Lenses CLOSED!!!

Found a good source for these fake G-2's, for future reference. Free shipping :)

I found them while I was looking for G9s (and failed). I actually think the ones from this group buy are the lower quality lenses that are sometimes found on the NDB7875s :thinking:
 
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Re: GB: 9$ O-like's "G2" Lenses CLOSED!!!

petters, I have one of these lenses and I am fairly sure that they are the same lens that you are getting from O-Like. I have tested this lens with all my lasers that will take this lens and the gain in output is pretty much the same as what you described n the group buy. Just thought I'd let you know for what it's worth.
 
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I have 4 lenses coming from Jim's GB and I have 11 of these lenses already. I am lens heavy at this time. Got a hell of a deal on the 11 lenses, too.
 

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Good news guys!!! Looks like the lenses just passed customs! :D

Jim

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Very nice jim :D
Thanks so much for hosting this GB!!!!!
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Great job with the updates :) Thanks.
 

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Contacted DHL's customer service, the lenses passed customs without any fees plus they will probably be delivered by tomorrow! ;)

Have a nice day,
Jim

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Re: GB: 9$ O-like's "G2" Lenses CLOSED!!!

awsome jim, thankz for all the updates! youve done really well hosting this GB!
 

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Re: GB: 9$ O-like's "G2" Lenses CLOSED!!!

Lenses are here!!! :D
4ede8atu.jpg

Please give me some time to prepare the shipments! :beer:
UPDATE: "In the process of testing and tightening each and every lens..."
Have a nice day,
Jim

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Re: GB: 9$ O-like's "G2" Lenses CLOSED!!!

Lenses are here!!! :D
4ede8atu.jpg

Please give me some time to prepare the shipments! :beer:
UPDATE: "In the process of testing and tightening each and every lens..."
Have a nice day,
Jim

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Looks Great ! :)

:beer:
 




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